Unemployed

I sit here wondering 
What to say 
My words exhausted 
Throughout the day 
The kids they ask me 
What have I done 
Hows my day gone 
Have I had fun 
To this my reply 
Its always the same 
Been down the dole 
Passed the day in vain 
After working 
All my life to date 
I never thought 
OF this my fate
It makes you think 
What its all been for 
Stuck on the dole 
At forty four 
I used to see them 
Hanging around 
Layabouts,scum 
There's work to be found 
But now I find 
I,m in there place 
Being out of work 
Is no disgrace 
It hurts you when 
You truly know,At my time of life 
No one wants to know,
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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